jpdb beta

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

2

to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous

1

transactions; dealings; business

1

dejection; depression

1

reception

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative

2

to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

2

mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)

6

trailing; chasing after; imitation; copy

1

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

1

on the way back; when about to go back

1

Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)

1

wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line

1

crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility

3

to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for

2

criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

2

opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand

1

to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

2

general; popular; common; typical

1

world; society; people; the public

2

raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced

3

same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room

2

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

2

cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

1

as if; as though

1

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both

1

hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord

1

dry and rough; desiccated; rustling

1

space; room; airspace

1

to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

4

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

3

mimicking a bird or animal call; imitating a call or a sound

1

skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery

1

to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

3

shiny, bald head; person with a shiny, bald head

1

top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet

1

to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge

1

space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being

1

cancer cell

3

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

1

half a year; six months

1

within; inside of; less than

2

average; mean; balance; equilibrium

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

1

to mimic; to imitate

40

tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice

1

gesture; gesticulation; motion

1